Karnataka push Saurashtra to the edge of defeat

Karnataka (1st innings): 389.
Saurashra (1st innings, overnight 219 for 8): Sudhir Tanna lbw Ganesh 0, Altaf Merchant c Shiraguppi b Umesh 4, Sitanshu Kotak run out 44, Bimal Jadeja c Vijay b Ganesh 2, Prakash Bhatt lbw Yalvigi 62, Hitesh Parsana b Ganesh 27, Manoj Parmar lbw Ganesh 43, Yusuf Bambhaniya b Yalvigi 9, Narendra Rana st Shiraguppi b Yalvigi 18, Rajesh Garsondia c A Kumar b Ganesh 19, Kamal Chavda not out 9; Extras (b2, lb4, nb1, w1): 8. Total (all out in 72.2 overs, 315 mins): 245.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-26, 3-37, 4-111, 5-139, 6-143, 7-171, 8-193, 9-224.

Bowling: Ganesh 27.2-4-77-5; Umesh 16-3-49-1; Katti 9-4-32-0; Somasundar 4-0-15-0; Yalvigi16-2-66-3.

Karnataka (2nd innings): S Somasundar c Kotak b Bambhaniya 26, J Arun Kumar c Parmar b Kotak 62, Fazal Khaleel lbw Kotak 21, Vijay Bharadwaj b Garsondia 51, A Vijay c&b Kotak 10, Thilak Naidu lbw Chavda 15, S Shiraguppi c Bhatt b Kotak 21, Anand Yalvigi c Merchant b Kotak 0, Ganesh c Chavda b Kotak 7, GN Umesh b Garsondia 9, Anand Katti not out 0; Extras (b2, lb2, nb9): 13. Total (all out in 70.1 overs, 292 mins): 235.

Fall of wickets: 1-67, 2-108, 3-131, 4-151, 5-186, 6-209, 7-212, 8-225, 9-226.

Bowling: Garsondia 12.1-2-29-2; Rana 2.4-0-13-0; Chavda 6.2-0-44-1; Bambhaniya 17-0-50-1; Kotak 28-4-81-6; Parsana 4-0-14-0.

Saurashtra (II innings): Sudhir Tanna c Fazal b Ganesh 0, Altaf Merchant batting 14, Rajesh Garsondia c Shiraguppi b Ganesh 4, Vimal Jadeja batting 1; Extras (lb2, w1): 3. Total (for two wickets in 7 overs, 37 mins): 22.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-8.

Bowling: Ganesh 4-3-2-2; Umesh 3-0-18-0.

Bihar post strong reply
Ranchi: Ridingthe crest of an unbeaten 103 (228b, 9×4, 1×6) by skipper Sunil Kumar and 63 by Syed Arfi, Bihar plundered 329 for four in reply to Haryana’s mammoth first innings total of 506 for nine on the third day of the Super League match here today.

Brief scores: Bihar 329-4 (Sunil Kumar batting 103, Syed Arfi 63, Tariq- Ur-Rahman 40, Zeeshan Ali 33) vs Haryana 506-9.

Stiff resistance from Railways Chennai: Despite a maiden century by 24-year-old JR Madanagopal and a 228-run first innings lead, Tamil Nadu failed to bring the shutters down on Railways. The visitors refused to budge, making 200 for four in their second innings on the third and penultimate day of the Group B Super League match here today.

Railways (1st innings): 154
Tamil Nadu (1st innings): Anand George c Bhatia b D Singh 81, Vasanth Kumar lbw Karthik 29, Hemang Badani c D Singh b Karthik 35, S Sharath lbw Karthik 30, Madanagopal c Hussain b Karthik 101, Robin Singh c Sharma b D Singh 0, D Vasu c Rawat b Zaman 12,Sadgoppan Mahesh c Bhatia b Rawat 41, T Kumaran c Hussain b Karthik 13, Dev Anand not out 2. Did not bat: Arasu; Extras (l9, w1, nb28): 38. Total (for nine wkts, innings closed): 382

Fall of wkts: 1-63, 2-165, 3-179, 4-237, 5-238, 6-254, 7-357, 8-378, 9-382

Bowling: Hussain 19-3-51-0; Zaman 22-6-59-1; Bangar 12-2-44-0; Bhatia 3-0-13-0; Karthik 41.1-16-84-5; Parida 29-8-72-0, D Singh 16-5-43-2; Rawat 10-4-7-1.

Railways (2nd innings): Sanjay Bangar lbw Mahesh 31, Zufri Zakaria c Madanagopal b Mahesh 32, Abhay Sharma c George b R Singh 16, Yere Goud (batting) 36, Prahlad Rawat c Madanagopal b Vasu 15, Devender Singh (batting) 15. Extras (b25, lb13, nb17) 55. Total (for 4 wickets in 66 overs) 200.

Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-87, 3-113, 4-174.

Bowling: Devanand 9-2-23-0, Kumaran 14-1-49-0, Vasu 22-8-40-1, Mahesh 12-3-28-2, R Singh 8-3-22-1, Sharath 1-1-0-0.

Das delays Orissa’s demise
PUNE: Orissa had to look for individual heroics to save them from neardisaster, which could have meant curtains, in their Ranji Trophy Super League campaign this year. Eventually, a patient 67 by opener Shiv Sundar Das propped the visitors against Maharashtra on the third day at the Poona Club ground today. Carrying a deficit of 102 runs, Orissa did well to finish at 175 for five.

Orissa (1st innings): 245
Maharashtra (1st innings, overnight 277-6): Jaideep Narse c G Gopal b P Jayachandra (151m, 93, 4×4) 33; Sanjay Kondhalkar b P Jayachandra (93m, 54, 3×4) 22; Mahindra Gokhale not out (87m, 35b) 08; Sachin Nair b P Jayachandra (27m, 19b) 01; Milind Kulkarni c P Das b S Raul (13m, 12b, 2×6) 14. Extras: (b4, lb14, nb18) 36. Total (all out) 347.

Fall of wicket: 1/34, 2/84, 3/207, 4/216, 5/230, 6/275, 7/323, 8/324, 9/332.

Bowling: Debashish Mohanty 31-13-54-2 (1nb), Ajay Barik 21-5-48-0 (7 nb), Peninti Jayachandran 23-3-55-5 (6 nb), Saheed Khan 36-7-101-2 (2 nb), Sanjay Raul 16-3-48-1, Prabajan Mullick 5-0-17-0; Pradeep Das 3-0-6-0.

Orissa2nd innings: Shiv Sundar Das c S Kondhalkar b I Siddiqui (247m, 174b, 11×4) 69; Peninti Jayachandran b M Kulkarni (20m, 10b) 3; Prabanjan Mullick batting (142m, 93b, 8×4) 51; Sanjay Raul c S Kondhalkar b S Nair (31m, 16b, 2×4) 14; Pradeep Das b S Nair (34m, 20b, 2×4) 10; Prashant Mahapatra c S Kondhalkar b I Siddiqui (47m, 38b) 8; Reshmi Ranjan Parida batting (33m, 21b) 4. Extras: (b4, lb5, nb6, w1) 16. Total (for five wickets in 61 overs) 175. Fall of wickets: 1/8, 2/49, 3/86, 4/108, 5/154.

Bowling: Sachin Nair 17-3-562 (4nb, 1w), Milind Kulkarni 14-7-23-1, Iqbal Siddiqui 16-5-39-2 (2nb), Siddharth Godbole 7-1-25-0, Mahindra Gokhale 5-0-15-0, Shantanu Sugwekar 2-0-8-0.

Dave forces Baroda to follow on
JAIPUR: Young spinner Anoop Dave bowled devastatingly in his maiden appearence (5-50) and helped hosts Rajasthan gain a vital 176 runs first innings lead against West Zone champion Baroda on the penaltimate day of the Group A Super League match here today. Following on, Barodawere 84 for no loss. Earlier, resuming at 73 for three, Baroda were bundled out for 198.Brief scores: Rajasthan 374 vs Baroda 198 (C Williams 57, Dave 5-50, Kapoor 3-72) & 84-0 (C Williams batting 41, RA Swaroop batting 39).

Bengal take vital lead
Calcutta: Srikant Kalyani struck a half century to help Bengal take the first innings lead but Hyderabad replied strongly reaching 103 for two in their second innings at close on the third day of the Group A Super League match at Eden Gardens today. Kalyani (51) and Ajay Das (35) put on 77 for the crucial sixth wicket stand. Brief scores: Hyderabad 188 & 103-2 (A Shetty 47, D Manohar 33) vs Bengal 232 (N Haldipur 67, S Kalyani 51, A Das 35, NP Singh 4-53 Raju 3-37).